Under the tyrannical rule of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi army systematically executed over 6 million Jewish people during the phenomenon known as the Holocaust. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, the author uses symbols to portray his horrific tone. In this non-fiction piece, night, snow, and fire serve as emblems of Wiesel’s disturbing past. Through his memoir, Wiesel painfully revisits traumatizing memories of former years and fights to prevent the reoccurrence of tragic events similar to the Holocaust.
